beach bikin for beerz

Over the past few years it has become a tradition to do a bit of a makeshift pub crawl on bikes along the beaches of Redondo, Hermosa and Manhattan for my birthday. Yesterday was the 2012 edition, and this years was a bit more unplanned because it kept falling through the cracks during a busy week. It came down to just a facebook post the day before with a basic schedule; no formal invites or websites like other years. That made for a smaller group of good friends who knew the drill and were all laid back about what and where and just along for the ride and the fun. It was a perfect "summer" day out, and friends joined and left along the way as we hit a couple of my favorite gastropubs as well as a few dive bars. Including the brunch to start, pizza to end, and the games of foosball and buck hunter in between, it ended up being a good 9 or 10 hour marathon of fun and a pretty perfect day for me. Thanks to everyone who came out to share it and help make it such a fun time.

The Monday part of our weekend trip with our parents was a visit to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture. I didn't know much about the museum what to expect, and I think I

It's been a while. For a lot of things. And while I've been better about getting back in my old habit of snapping pics blindly as I go, I still haven't gotten better at being in the habit of turning them into posts here. I'm in DC for a few days. It's been…

Just sharing a few older pics that I never posted. As I've tried to get back in the habit of shooting pics and blogging again, I've often managed to just do the first half of that. One example is from June when...

Last week after getting my hair cut, I stopped at the nearby poke shop in Santa Monica. (Have I mentioned my poke addiction?!) While I was eating, I was staring across the street at some figures walking down the alley. Something about the way the light was catching them…